I know someone may have posted this in the past (But me like you, who could be bothered searching for it). But does anyone know how to make TGF/MMF write and read MYSQL entries for scoring?
MMF has a Database object that can connect to any database if you have a driver for. However if it's an EXE you are creating I would be more inclined to use an Access database which can be utilised the same way.
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it can easily be achived with php and mysql. The problem lies in encryption. Afaik, php can use something called MD5 encryption, and i'm not sure that's achievable in MMF.
In mmf i would open a browser doing something like this:
The problem, as you can see, is that any user could easily edit this url and give himself a much higher score.
I dunno if you could use algorythms. Maybe convert the score to hex, and use the average of the score as a checksum or something.
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1st October, 2004 at 05:43:28 -
MD5 encryption is only one way. i.e. one encrypted, it's impossible to get it back to its original form. you could write your own algorithm for encryption - make it as complicated as you want, do it in MMF, then have your PHP script decrypt it.
a simple example would be
score = (score + 5) * 27
in MMF, then in PHP do:
score = (score / 27) - 5
obviously that'd be easy to crack, so you'd have to make it more complicated, but that's the basic idea.
yeah, that's what i've been thinking i had to do. Also, if there was a way to convert numbers to the octal system, and back again it would be great. The reason for this is that hex is becoming somewhat known so it might be decodable. Hmm, come to think of it, hex ranges from 1 to F (16 numbers), and the octal system must obviously have to be a system with 8 numbers. Maybe they could interact somehow ?
try base 36 no one would ever guess that, then you need to byte shift it by 128, then after that bytemod it by 128, then Add your credit card number to it, then let me test the engine...ok, so I'm kidding about the credit card number part, but that should encrypt it pretty well. If you don't know what bytemod is, it's an encryption engine I invented myself, it's byte shift by CharNo % Key, I bet I could even make one in JavaScript!
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well, not everyone has php support on their servers FTP could always work...then you have the problem of hacking the passwords though...:S can't win with everything
Then you would of course make sure the highscore is only accepted if the control data is submitted and valid. Please note the numbers I wrote in the above URL are purely fictional.
In your MMF application you calculate id and control by an algorithm, say:
id is a random number between 1000 and 9999 (you know how to in MMF)
control = (score * id) + (score * 5422) - (id * 1365)
or something like that. this is merely a suggestion.
Then in your highscore.php you calculate back again and if the calculation equals the control number submitted the highscore is real or someone found out to break your algorithm.
The more complex the algorithm is, the harder it is to break. Please note that small calculations will have the least impact on the algorithm and thus add least to the complexity. Like if score and id are number like 1256 and 6980 and the algorithm is: (score * id) + 65 the constant (+65) will not have a big impact on the algorithm and thus make the algorithm appear more linear than: (score * id) * 65. The more nonlinear the algorithm seems the harder it is to breake unless you know what you are doing. Also be careful about dividing as dividing may give decimal numbers and if you do not handle that the same way in MMF and php you may get different results (I dont remember but I believe both MMF and php by default throws away the decimal part, but be careful you do not round of one of the places).
Obviously it is possible break the algorithm but the person will require a number of results (score, id and control) to calculate back and most likely no one bothers to do that unless they really can gain something (like money) which is rarely the case with click games.
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23rd October, 2004 at 10:14:50 -
Great! Page not found! Of course not!
Why did you make it a link anyway?
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...ok, so I'm kidding about the credit card number part
, but that should encrypt it pretty well. If you don't know what bytemod is, it's an encryption engine I invented myself, it's byte shift by CharNo % Key, I bet I could even make one in JavaScript!
...now how'd I get off on this irrelevant tangent?
